Open AccessHow Did Coronavirus-19 Impact the Expenses for Medical Students Applying to an Orthopaedic Surgery Residency in 2020 to 2021?
Author(s) -
Adam M. Gordon,
Charles A. Conway,
Bhavya Sheth,
Matthew Magruder,
Rushabh M. Vakharia,
William N. Levine,
Afshin E. Razi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000002042
Subject(s) - medicine , transparency (behavior) , pandemic , covid-19 , family medicine , orthopedic surgery , medical education , medical school , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , disease , law
Orthopaedic surgery is one of the most competitive specialties for residency applicants. For the 2021 residency match, the coronavirus-19 pandemic introduced complexity for programs and applicants because away rotations were limited and in-person interviews were cancelled. This may have changed the landscape in terms of expenses for candidates in important ways, but this topic has been insufficiently studied.